Happy Chinese New Year!!

Snow day

Well we got about 16+ inches of snow last night and into this morning. I think it set a new record actually. But it made for lots of fun white stuff for the girls and daddy to play in. Lia built a really cool snow fort which she hopes will last for the rest of the winter. The snow is still falling but it's definitely tapering off. Like Dan said, this is the kind of snow we remember from when we were kids!

More winter fun

Some winter art

While it's snowing outside today we put on our artistic hats and made some purple snowflakes and some spring paper flowers. We realize they really don't belong together but hey, it's artistic license :-)

Christmas at home

Well this year for the first time since Dan and I have been married we stayed at home. Lia woke up yesterday morning not feeling well and running a fever so Nana and Papa couldn't come as originally planned. I was concerned that she wouldn't be ok for Christmas this morning because she was running a fever of 102 when I went to bed last night. But she woke up this morning with no fever and felt much improved so Christmas was saved.

Chloe's big gift was a dollhouse that Dan and I put together. But truthfully, I think she had just as much fun with the stickers we bought her. You can see the pictures of her sitting in her new purple tutu (which she loved!!) in front of her dollhouse just working on her sticker book. Figures!

Lia's big gift was a Barbie dollhouse. And when I say big I mean tall as you can see from the pictures!! She had no idea the really huge wrapped box was for her because I told her I'd bought a storage shed for Dan. She was totally surprised when she helped Dan open his present only to find that it wasn't a storage shed at all :-) I was so proud of her though because she was totally content with the computer game and board game and the pillow pet she'd gotten. She really wasn't expecting to get anything else. Tomorrow we're going to Dan's parent's house for a celebration with that side of the family. And then we're planning on heading up to my sister's house to see my parents, Julie, Bill and Lucy.

We're so thankful that our families live fairly close and we're able to be with everyone during the holidays. And we're beyond grateful to God for sending His son so we even have a reason to celebrate!

Birthday girls

Unfortunately I didn't get many good pictures of when we as a family celebrated Lia's birthday this year. We had lots of pictures from her birthday party which we had back in Oct. so I didn't worry about it too much. We celebrated Chloe's birthday this past weekend with her good friend Kate and her mom and dad as well as Nana and Papa. Chloe loved opening presents and blowing our the candles on her cake this year!! Birthdays are so much more fun when you're little......